Source: THE PACKER, 8/28/18

Southern sweet potato acreage is expected to drop again this year, leaving grower-shippers hopeful that fewer acres will result in lower volume and an uptick in prices. U.S. sweet potato acreage in 2017 was down 2.45% compared to 2016, said Kay Rentzel, executive director of the U.S. Sweet Potato Council, Dillsburg, Pa. But yield per acre was up 16%. “Thus the actual supply was greater than the previous year,” she said. No official estimate has been made for acreage or volume for 2018, but growers expect acreage and volume to drop.

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